Generations of families have
worked through the business
and grown up together passing
on their knowledge, expertise
and passion to future generations. according to the company.
Paul Andrews, founder and managing
director of Family Business United said,
“We were delighted to pull together such
a vibrant bunch of family businesses for
the 2017 awards, some that have suc-
ceeded for numerous generations and
continue to thrive, and others that are
relatively young but have great values at
the heart of what they do.”
John Falder, managing director of
HMG Paints said, “We are delighted to
have received three awards at the 2017
Family Business of the Year awards. It
was an absolute honour to be recog-
nised amongst so many inspirational
family businesses.
“As we’ve grown we have never for-
gotten our roots and the emphasis on
working alongside our customers to
create the very best individual service and
tailored solutions for them. Whether our
paint is used on a car or coach, an air-
craft or a boat, a kitchen door or a doll’s
house, to us it is above all ‘our paint’ and
we are exceptionally proud of it.
“With that pride, comes a responsibility and a genuine care of the products we
make. HMG have a broad spectrum of
knowledge and expertise with a portfolio
including wet paint, powder coatings and
aerosols covering virtually every type of
surface imaginable.
“I am blessed by the outstanding team
of colleagues I work with. This award is
testament to the greatest team of paint
makers on the planet!
IFS Launches Powder
Coating E-book
IFS Coatings has announced the launch
of an E-book covering practical tips and
advice on every aspect of powder coat-
ing. The first few chapters can be found in
the news section of www.ifscoatings.com
under ‘Guides’. The E-book is 12 chap-
ters in total and will be made available
on a weekly basis on the IFS Coatings
Facebook page. It provides practical in-
formation on a huge range of powder
coating topics, for powder coaters of all
types and sizes.
The E-book is designed to provide
instant access to problem solving, FAQs,
real life advice and tips from the experts.
Just some of the many topics covered include information on the various powder
types, application issues, 2 coat powder
systems, spraying metallics and what to
watch out for, appearance issues, what
causes them and how to solve it, and
much more.
Glynn Mason, IFS president
explained,“We want to provide our
coaters with the information and experi-
ence they need and hopefully this goes
some way to making sure the knowledge
of our technical service reps is available
to them 24/7.”
Mason continues “Our mission is to
deliver unparalleled service and products
to the industry, and this awesome new
E-book is part of that. It’s user friendly,
accessible on your phone, tablet or com-
puter and was written by real life powder
coating experts with hundreds of years’
experience between them. It’s also written
as a blog – so it’s fun, easy to read and
easy to use – it’s certainly not the stuffy
more formal explanations of old!”
The first four chapters of the E-book
are available on ifscoatings.com and more
will be delivered on the IFS Facebook
page on a weekly basis. Connect with IFS
on Facebook to receive the full E-book as
a whole.
PPG Earns Safran Awards
for Aerospace E-coat
Primer
PPG has announced that it earned recognition for AEROCRON electrocoat
aerospace primer in the supplier category
of the 2017 Safran Innovation Awards,
including first-place honors from Safran
Nacelles and second place from parent
company Safran. Each year, the 10 companies comprising Safran select the most
promising initiatives from their employees, partners and suppliers to receive
